project - Research and innovation
ECOSOM - Soil organic matter as a key factor in the provision of soil ecosystem services
ECOSOM - Soil organic matter as a key factor in the provision of soil ecosystem services
Objectives
The general scope of ECOSOM is on the good ecological status of soil in arable lands. The project is focussed on 2 management practices (organic waste recycling and tillage reduction) that can sustainably enhance the provision of ecosystem services (ES) to farmers as well as to other indirectly involved stakeholders who may benefit from other ES also enhanced (or reduced) by these practices.
Objectives
The general scope of ECOSOM is on the good ecological status of soil in arable lands. The project is focussed on 2 management practices (organic waste recycling and tillage reduction) that can sustainably enhance the provision of ecosystem services (ES) to farmers as well as to other indirectly involved stakeholders who may benefit from other ES also enhanced (or reduced) by these practices.
Activities
Central in our research is soil organic matter (SOM) and soil structure as key factors in soil functioning and subsequent provision of ES, and the relationship with key functional groups of soil biodiversity that interact with the regulation of SOM and soil structure. Through biological, chemical and physical analyses ECOSOM will increase the mechanistic understanding of relationships between soil functioning and soil ecosystem services, as affected by organic waste recycling and reduced tillage measures. Thus we will provide guidance for farmers and stakeholders in a transition process of sustainable agriculture in a modernised society with greater adaptability and resilience to the effects of climate change.
Activities
Central in our research is soil organic matter (SOM) and soil structure as key factors in soil functioning and subsequent provision of ES, and the relationship with key functional groups of soil biodiversity that interact with the regulation of SOM and soil structure. Through biological, chemical and physical analyses ECOSOM will increase the mechanistic understanding of relationships between soil functioning and soil ecosystem services, as affected by organic waste recycling and reduced tillage measures. Thus we will provide guidance for farmers and stakeholders in a transition process of sustainable agriculture in a modernised society with greater adaptability and resilience to the effects of climate change.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Other public (national, regional) research funds
- Agricultural sectors
- Crops (generic)
1 Practice Abstracts
Deliverables:
Intermediate scientific report and report for stakeholders (by the end of 2013)
Final joined meeting with SUSTAIN focusing on Ecosystem Services for policy makers and farmer advisers/technical institutes, both face-to-face and online conference through web connexion system to link Umea and Wageningen hot spots. In September 2014, in Paris/Umea/Wageninen.
Local meetings (Dijon, Grignon) for farmers and technical institutes, with SUSTAIN project
Powerpoint presentation on reduced tillage to be used for dissemination to farmers during field symposia organised by Dutch community of Practice on non-inversion tillage.
Brochure for farmers on organic waste recycling in French and English will be distributed in the final meeting
Brochure for farmers on reduced tillage (with SUSTAIN) will be distributed in the final meeting
Final scientific report and report for stakeholders (December 2014, see on SNOWMAN Network web site )
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Project coordinator
Project partners
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Alterra Wageningen University and Research Centre
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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique France
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Ume† University Sweden
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Veolia Environnement Research & Innovation France
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